Weekend on the Cheap: Sales, Discounts, Savings and Other Stuff To Do On a Budget

Welcome to March! Here’s your weekend on the cheap rundown of things free and cheap!

– 24th Annual Ski for Sunshine: get a free day lift ticket at Mt. Hood’s Ski Bowl just by donating eight cans of non-perishable food to the Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division, Friday only! Lift ticket is valid from 9:00am – 4:00pm so hit the slopes early! Look for them in the Ski Bowl parking lot.

– Celebration of Creativity Annual Fine Art and Exhibit Sale, Friday – Sunday at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Beaverton. Admission is free (except the Saturday night concert) and there is plenty of free parking.

– Bank of America’s Museums on Us program offers free admission to the Portland Art Museum, Pittock Mansion and the Lan Su Chinese Garden this Saturday and Sunday. To qualify for Museums on Us, customers must present their Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain free general admission.

– The 2012 SE Area ARTWalk is Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am – 5:00pm and “will allow you the opportunity to go on a free, self-guided tour by visiting the studios, home workspaces, galleries, host homes and businesses within the boundaries of SE 9th – SE 41st & SE Hawthorne to SE Powell Boulevard.”

– Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream weekend long sampling party for their new lineup of Greek Frozen Yogurts, Thursday through Sunday.

– New Seasons Market celebrates their 12 year anniversary this Saturday and Sunday with free banana cake (11:00am – 5:00pm) and special grocery deals all week long.

– Check out Red Robin’s new $6.99 burger offer: the Big Melt Bacon Burger, for a limited time only, now through March 25th (after this time it will go back to its regular price).

– Sharing Spree Super Deal: just $13 for $30 worth of Sharing Spree Credits to use on any deal you’d like (look on the right hand side under “Side Deal”). There are no blackouts and no restrictions. This is an affiliate link and any purchase you make helps to support this web site!

– Car2Go launches in Portland with an intriguing offer: for a limited time, register for free online and receive 30 minutes of free driving time. Use promo code ROSE. The catch? To complete your registration, you have to enter your driver’s license number and method of payment after you click the link.